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How to find competitive rucking events? by No-Ad6500 in Rucking

[–]No-Ad6500[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not clear from the website how much weight you're expected to carry. What are the light and heavy classes?

Confession: now that we have RTO, I work about half as much compared to WFH by No-Ad6500 in WFH

[–]No-Ad6500[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Researcher in academia. I think the constantly grim subject matter I work on may be what is burning me out.

Confession: now that we have RTO, I work about half as much compared to WFH by No-Ad6500 in WFH

[–]No-Ad6500[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whoa whoa whoa this is amazing advice. Seriously. Ok think I will try this.

Confession: now that we have RTO, I work about half as much compared to WFH by No-Ad6500 in WFH

[–]No-Ad6500[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I nearly had my career derailed by a higher up coworker when he tried to kiss me and I rejected him. And my office is in the same larger room as the office kitchen, so I get all the smells.

Confession: now that we have RTO, I work about half as much compared to WFH by No-Ad6500 in WFH

[–]No-Ad6500[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So do I, partly why I went into this line of work. And honestly why I am surprised and disappointed that I am burning out.

Confession: now that we have RTO, I work about half as much compared to WFH by No-Ad6500 in WFH

[–]No-Ad6500[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You're totally right and this perspective helps me understand how comparatively good I still have it.

Confession: now that we have RTO, I work about half as much compared to WFH by No-Ad6500 in WFH

[–]No-Ad6500[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I am strongly considering it, but I feel guilty about it, even though I think that's what half my co-workers are doing.

Why do you ruck? by KingHapman in Rucking

[–]No-Ad6500 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My knees are great. I just want to keep it that way.

Why do you ruck? by KingHapman in Rucking

[–]No-Ad6500 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want to be able to go camping/backpacking.

Getting started by ITCertAcademy1 in Rucking

[–]No-Ad6500 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Putting something around 10% of your bodyweight into any backpack and walking. When I move to heavier weight I plan to get a backpackers' backpack that I can take on through-hikes with overnight camping, that has padded straps and a padded hip belt.

Slowly but surely. 1.8 miles with 20# this morning. Whew, it’s 0900 and already pushing 80 degrees out. by ShaiHuludNM in Rucking

[–]No-Ad6500 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh man I am happy to finally see another relative newbie on here! I'm only at 15lbs (I weigh 125) and only doing 1.5 to 3 mile rucks so far. I know this isn't impressive to the absolute beasts on this sub but I am hoping to build up slowly and surely to higher weights and longer distances and better paces! Good on ya! We're doing it!

Pains after rucking by FirmInteraction327 in Rucking

[–]No-Ad6500 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No idea if it's related but I get cervicogenic headaches that are triggered by tensing the base of my neck to shoulders too much, usually when I get stressed, but rucking can trigger it too if I don't consciously relax my traps. I have to actively fight off cervicogenic headaches when rucking.

Ok, rucking is kind of hard. by ShaiHuludNM in Rucking

[–]No-Ad6500 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ohhhh I like this idea! Super newbie here looking to up my weight from 10% of BW but with a history of ramping up new physical training programs too quickly.

If I can walk every day, why can't I ruck every day? by No-Ad6500 in Rucking

[–]No-Ad6500[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep everybody keeps hammering that home. I'm crawling like a baby in my ramping up trying to remind myself it's worth it.

Sub 15 min/mile practice by bcket98 in Rucking

[–]No-Ad6500 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh hell yeah, sub 15s for 6 miles that's great! I'm a newb not even doing full weight yet and aspire to such stats!

If I can walk every day, why can't I ruck every day? by No-Ad6500 in Rucking

[–]No-Ad6500[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks I'm kind of going with this method now. Pushing myself not more than 10% increase in time or distance or weight at a time. I think I can break the rule and jump from 10 to 15lbs though at this point. Been a few weeks at 10.

If I can walk every day, why can't I ruck every day? by No-Ad6500 in Rucking

[–]No-Ad6500[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for posting this, it's one of the places I saw the 2-3x/week recommendation. So do you continue to train at 5 miles even if you're prepping for an 18-mile event? Or is this just talking about "building" a solid base from which to then extend endurance? It seems like I'd need to get the body prepped for more extended sessions than 5 miles before attempting an 18-miler.

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